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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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No people are “garbage.” That is the language of fascists. We need to rein this racist lunatic in.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
No people are “garbage.” That is the language of fascists. We need to rein this racist lunatic in.
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“If the facts play out, somebody needs to get the hell out of Washington.” Shashank Joshi assesses Pete Hegseth’s future as fury grows over a deadly Caribbean ship-strike by America’s special forces
Stars and strikes: was America’s ship-bomb illegal?
Also on the daily podcast: Gene-editing babies in America and women’s sumo
econ.st
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“If the facts play out, somebody needs to get the hell out of Washington.” Shashank Joshi assesses Pete Hegseth’s future as fury grows over a deadly Caribbean ship-strike by America’s special forces
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🇪🇺❗️The EU is adding Russia to its blacklist of countries at high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, - POLITICO.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🇪🇺❗️The EU is adding Russia to its blacklist of countries at high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, - POLITICO.
In other words, Russia would like to be given something that would take them another 2 years, a few thousand armoured vehicles and maybe half a million more casualties to gain militarily. Setting them up nicely to reconstitute their forces before coming back for another chunk of Ukraine. Tempting...
In November Russian troops made some of their biggest gains in Ukraine of the year. Yet, as seen in these three charts, overall progress has remained slow
Ahead of peace talks, Russia’s battlefield advances remain slow
Even at an accelerated recent pace, seizing Ukraine’s eastern regions would take more than two years
econ.st
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In other words, Russia would like to be given something that would take them another 2 years, a few thousand armoured vehicles and maybe half a million more casualties to gain militarily. Setting them up nicely to reconstitute their forces before coming back for another chunk of Ukraine. Tempting...
I'm sure they're content to let others decide for them.... /s
Do we have any info on what Ukraine's position might be?
U.S. envoys left Moscow without a breakthrough after hours of talks at the Kremlin, underscoring how far apart Washington and Moscow remain on key terms of a possible settlement to the war in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I'm sure they're content to let others decide for them.... /s
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⚡️Fire breaks out at Russian oil depot amid reported drone strike.
A fire broke out overnight Dec. 3 at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
A fire broke out overnight Dec. 3 at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
Fire breaks out at Russian oil depot amid reported drone strike
A fire broke out overnight Dec. 3 at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
kyivindependent.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
⚡️Fire breaks out at Russian oil depot amid reported drone strike.
A fire broke out overnight Dec. 3 at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
A fire broke out overnight Dec. 3 at an oil depot in Russia's Tambov region after an alleged Ukrainian drone strike.
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the US-Ukrainian peace proposal during his meeting with a US delegation in Moscow on December 2 and remains highly unlikely to accept any compromises short of his original war goals. MORE 🧵⬇️(1/6)
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isw.pub/UkrWar120225
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the US-Ukrainian peace proposal during his meeting with a US delegation in Moscow on December 2 and remains highly unlikely to accept any compromises short of his original war goals. MORE 🧵⬇️(1/6)
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isw.pub/UkrWar120225
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headlines, why have one when you can have them all
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
headlines, why have one when you can have them all
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“Yes, with the amazing new ‘knife,’ you only have to wear the skin of those dead animals.”
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Yes, with the amazing new ‘knife,’ you only have to wear the skin of those dead animals.”
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Russia dropped 84,000 guided bombs (KABs) on Ukraine in two years
KABs remain one of Moscow’s deadliest tools, and Ukraine still lacks a full-scale shield against them, while Russian jets casually drop 100–150 bombs a day euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/r...
KABs remain one of Moscow’s deadliest tools, and Ukraine still lacks a full-scale shield against them, while Russian jets casually drop 100–150 bombs a day euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/r...
130 bombs per day: Russia drops 84,000 KABs on Ukraine in two years
Russia dropped more than 3,500 guided aerial bombs, also known as KABs, on Ukrainian Defense Forces positions and frontline cities in November, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. This is…
euromaidanpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Russia dropped 84,000 guided bombs (KABs) on Ukraine in two years
KABs remain one of Moscow’s deadliest tools, and Ukraine still lacks a full-scale shield against them, while Russian jets casually drop 100–150 bombs a day euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/r...
KABs remain one of Moscow’s deadliest tools, and Ukraine still lacks a full-scale shield against them, while Russian jets casually drop 100–150 bombs a day euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/r...
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This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
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Quote for today's negotiations:
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Quote for today's negotiations:
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
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U.S. envoys left Moscow without a breakthrough after hours of talks at the Kremlin, underscoring how far apart Washington and Moscow remain on key terms of a possible settlement to the war in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
Kremlin talks stretch past midnight as U.S. envoys and Putin again fail to bridge peace-plan gap on Ukraine war — Meduza
Russian and U.S. negotiators met at the Kremlin for nearly five hours on Tuesday, concluding talks roughly 30 minutes after midnight, the newspaper Kommersant reported. The Russian delegation…
meduza.io
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
U.S. envoys left Moscow without a breakthrough after hours of talks at the Kremlin, underscoring how far apart Washington and Moscow remain on key terms of a possible settlement to the war in Ukraine. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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Power politics is a trait virtually all European leaders have lost. I have laid out that if Europe and especially the largest nations like Germany, France or UK are not military intervening, they all will be eventually sidelined and still be a military target.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Power politics is a trait virtually all European leaders have lost. I have laid out that if Europe and especially the largest nations like Germany, France or UK are not military intervening, they all will be eventually sidelined and still be a military target.
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So this is a bit weird. The Guardian has done a big ‘Who owns the UK media?’ graphic that includes all national titles + Unherd, Statesman etc.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So this is a bit weird. The Guardian has done a big ‘Who owns the UK media?’ graphic that includes all national titles + Unherd, Statesman etc.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
But *not* the Observer. 🧐
Cock-up? Or implicit acknowledgment that we still don’t actually know who *does* own the Observer.
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Bad development: A remote control Russian/Iranian Shahed attack drone strikes a Ukrainian mobile fire group. These groups will now have to have their own means of defense against direct attack.
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Bad development: A remote control Russian/Iranian Shahed attack drone strikes a Ukrainian mobile fire group. These groups will now have to have their own means of defense against direct attack.
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Ukraine's 425th Skala Assault Regiment posted & then deleted an AI-generated video designed to "disprove" footage of Russian soldiers in central Pokrovsk. DeepState says it hopes the unit's social media channels were simply hacked & that this wasn’t approved by its leadership. t.me/DeepStateUA/...
✙DeepState✙🇺🇦
🚫 Ситуація, яку навіть важко просто коментувати
🔴Можна робити медійні заяви про "зачистку" Покровська, але уподібнюватися кацапам і робити фейкові відео — це зайве. Найбільш очевидний факт на кадрах...
t.me
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ukraine's 425th Skala Assault Regiment posted & then deleted an AI-generated video designed to "disprove" footage of Russian soldiers in central Pokrovsk. DeepState says it hopes the unit's social media channels were simply hacked & that this wasn’t approved by its leadership. t.me/DeepStateUA/...
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Zelensky gets standing ovation in the Dail, Ireland's parliament, for carefully composed speech talking about the right and just peace, which resonated in the chamber, given Ireland's own history
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Zelensky gets standing ovation in the Dail, Ireland's parliament, for carefully composed speech talking about the right and just peace, which resonated in the chamber, given Ireland's own history
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The commander of the German Army, Christian Freuding, said in an interview with The Atlantic that the Pentagon has cut off communication with the German Defense Ministry, including coordination of military aid to Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The commander of the German Army, Christian Freuding, said in an interview with The Atlantic that the Pentagon has cut off communication with the German Defense Ministry, including coordination of military aid to Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“It’s okay! Dart not poisonous. … Just showin’ my kid the ropes!”
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“It’s okay! Dart not poisonous. … Just showin’ my kid the ropes!”
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It can't be reduced to the sex of any particular worker, no. But there have been studies in the past decade showing that once a historically "masculine" field/pursuit reaches a certain percentage of women participating, it automatically loses social status/value: archive.is/tRR8M
archive.is
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It can't be reduced to the sex of any particular worker, no. But there have been studies in the past decade showing that once a historically "masculine" field/pursuit reaches a certain percentage of women participating, it automatically loses social status/value: archive.is/tRR8M
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denied any role in the reported attack on Russian tanker Midvolga 2 off Turkey's coast. The spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said that the incident may have been staged by Russia itself.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/u...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denied any role in the reported attack on Russian tanker Midvolga 2 off Turkey's coast. The spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said that the incident may have been staged by Russia itself.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/u...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/u...
Well, that was a depressing read. Given Trump's apparent personal liking for Putin, Kim Yong-Un, Orban etc, it does seem plausible that a strong, consistent European response would actually have played better in the White House. But the EU's not built for that, and the UK's split hasn't helped.
'Europe has been putting subliminal pressure on Kyiv to consider . . . concessions', writes Tim Willasey-Wilsey in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine will Consign Europe to Peril and Contempt
Acquiescence to a bad deal for Ukraine will expose Europe to future security peril and to near-irrelevancy in global foreign affairs. No US backstop can be trusted.
www.rusi.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Well, that was a depressing read. Given Trump's apparent personal liking for Putin, Kim Yong-Un, Orban etc, it does seem plausible that a strong, consistent European response would actually have played better in the White House. But the EU's not built for that, and the UK's split hasn't helped.
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No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...